Each issue Australian Traveller captures a stunning Aussie location. This time, we look at Spicers Hidden Vale in Grandchester, Qld. It’s not hard to imagaine reclining back in this poolside sunbed, local drop in one...
It’s often considered just a jumping-off point to the Whitsundays, but Airlie Beach is all grown up and now a destination in its own right, Georgia Rickard discovers WHERE IS IT? Airlie Beach is located...
Aneta Nedimovic ditches all her mod cons and gets back to nature on Lady Elliot Island A secluded island with no reception is everyone’s worst nightmare. How are you supposed to update your Facebook...
AT reader, Sharon Higson, reveals her favourite holiday destination; a humble campsite tucked away in Queensland’s Great Sandy National Park. What’s not to love about driving on the sand in your 4WD as waves lap...
Known as "the green behind the gold", Tamborine Mountain is a serene place to escape the summer holiday mayhem of the Gold Coast, writes Mitch Ziems 5 REASONS TO VISIT MT TAMBO NOW 1. You...
Who says Australia has no history, no culture, no grand buildings? If you ever hear anything of the kind from a European friend, point them in the direction of Paronella Park, south-west of Innisfail in...
A fresh, beach-themed refurb has transformed this luxurious Queensland island resort into an extra-special getaway. OK, so we’re officially into autumn, but couldn’t you just lie back on one of these day beds and fantasise...
Settled by Scots borne by the SS Fortitude in the mid-1800s, Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley has been a commercial hub, a red-light district, a ghost town, and now a hip and stylish place to be seen....
A quick and easy condensed table to show you which parts, islands and experiences in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are ideally suited to your budget, marital status, lifestyle and interests. Blow the Budget...
A rugged, thickly wooded, continental island 29km southeast of Cairns, most of Fitzroy is national park, with the exception of a recently reopened resort at Welcome Bay. Craggy boulders border coral sand beaches, with star...
Almost dumbbell shaped, the 19ha Double Island (www.doubleisland.com.au) lies just off the palm-fringed beach of Palm Cove. Reputedly inhabited by Aboriginals for thousands of years before white man appeared, legend has it that Double Island...
Around 240km north of Cairns, Lizard Island is the largest in a cluster of six that form the Lizard Island National Park. The island is mostly covered in grasslands with the odd eucalypt woodlands, mangrove...
Rising 1100m above sea level, Mt Bowen dominates on one of Australia’s largest island national parks, just offshore from Cardwell. Separated from the mainland by the mangrove-lined creeks and waterways of the Hinchinbrook Channel, the...
Tucked in behind Cape Melville to the east with Princess Charlotte Bay to the west, the Flinders Group is 340km north of Cairns. The seven National Park Islands are well off the beaten track and...
More than 600km north of Cairns, if you’ve made it this far, your Marine Park voyage is regrettably almost over. Deep into Cape York country, Haggerstone Island (www.haggerstoneisland.com.au) is less than 10km offshore, and a...
Wheelie Traveller Vanessa Waller has discovered a property that sets an accessibility benchmark. I am in love! Her name is 'Bimbadeen' and she is a wheelchair-accessible property in Merimbula on New South Wales’ Sapphire...
Where do your single friends sneak away to be, well, um, intimate with each other when they should be watching every single minute of your expensive hotel wedding reception? A survey has revealed that the...
A low-cost hotel chain that is due to open its first property in Melbourne later this year is seriously considering expanding in Australia, with an initial focus on Sydney. Tune Hotels, with links to AirAsia...
That’s what Sebel Pier One hotel is claiming with their seven new over-water suites. Situated in Walsh Bay, the new lodgings overlook Luna Park, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, best enjoyed from the...
Perched atop a nine-storey office tower overlooking Hobart’s Salamanca Wharf is this: the newly-opened Avalon City Retreat. But it’s more than just your standard penthouse – please, this is a fully self-contained omnipod; a modular...
It’s an Australian first: Chahoya Spa at Broome’s Cable Beach Club Resort has just been crowned the country’s first official L’Occitane retreat. Along with the French company’s lush products, each of the seven treatment cabins...
